Is CVE-2004-1270 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2004-1270 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2004-1270?

CVE-2004-1270 has a CVSS v2 base score of 2.1 (LOW).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2004-1270?

CVE-2004-1270 has an EPSS score of 0.45% (36th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2004-1270?

Upgrade cups on debian 11 to 1.1.22-2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2004-1270

LOW

2.1

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

lppasswd in CUPS 1.1.22, when run in environments that do not ensure that file descriptors 0, 1, and 2 are open when lppasswd is called, does not verify that the passwd.new file is different from STDERR, which allows local users to control output to passwd.new via certain user input that triggers an error message.

How to fix

Remediation Available

cupsDebian

Fixed in:1.1.22-2CVE-2004-1270

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.45%probability of exploitation in 30 days

36thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 36% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

tigger.uic.edu

Other references7

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